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Just finished yet another book in my Isaac Asimov collection. Though the story was good and quite compelling, I almost found the Wikipedia article about the book more interesting. It goes into why Asimov wrote the book and some of the details of the science behind the book in better detail. The plot itself is rather simple. As the article states:

The main plotline is a conspiracy by the aliens who inhabit a parallel universe with different physical laws than ours, with the final aim of turning our Sun into a supernova, and collecting the resulting energy for their use.

Which was great. The thing about the book that wasn’t as great was the romantic subplots in part 2 and 3. Parallel universes are great. Odd gelatin-like creatures are great. Love stories on the moon, not so great.

“Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain” - Friedrich Schiller

In general, I would recommend this book to the other sci-fi nerds in my life, but definately not as their first Asimov.